Critique required

[Hotchile]

The raiser, Donald, is a very LAP. That's why so many calls. Two of the callers are loose calling stations and one of them is solid. Please critique this hand.

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PokerStars Game #35191064: Hold'em Pot Limit ($1/$2) - 2003/01/04 - 12:39:52 (EST)
Table 'Alhena' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: cliffbarnes ($34 in chips)
Seat 2: <'))))((((>< ($49.55 in chips)
Seat 3: MarreMan ($275.30 in chips)
Seat 4: thkfl ($111.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Donald ($312.50 in chips)
Seat 6: mahan_69 ($142.20 in chips)
Seat 7: Q.E.D ($83.60 in chips)
Seat 8: misty ($189.50 in chips)
Seat 9: hoomer1 ($131.05 in chips)
<'))))((((><: posts small blind $1
MarreMan: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to <'))))((((>< [Ks Ad]
thkfl: folds
Donald: calls $2
mahan_69: raises $6 to $8
Q.E.D: folds
misty: calls $8
hoomer1: folds
cliffbarnes: calls $8
<'))))((((><: folds
MarreMan: folds
Donald: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [5c Kh 7s]
Donald: checks
mahan_69: checks
misty: checks
cliffbarnes: checks
*** TURN *** [5c Kh 7s] [2c]
Donald: bets $20
mahan_69: folds
misty: raises $22 to $42
cliffbarnes: calls $26 and is all-in
Donald: calls $22
*** RIVER *** [5c Kh 7s 2c] [Qs]
Donald: checks
mahan_69 said, "nooooooooooooooooooooo"
misty: bets $122
Donald: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
misty: shows [2d 2s] (three of a kind, Deuces)
misty collected $32 from side pot
cliffbarnes: mucks hand
mahan_69 said, "QQ"
misty collected $110 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $145 Main pot $110. Side pot $32. | Rake $3
Board [5c Kh 7s 2c Qs]
Seat 1: cliffbarnes (button) mucked [Qc 9c] - a pair of Queens
Seat 2: <'))))((((>< (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: MarreMan (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: thkfl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Donald folded on the River
Seat 6: mahan_69 folded on the Turn
Seat 7: Q.E.D folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: misty showed [2d 2s] and won ($142) with three of a kind, Deuces
Seat 9: hoomer1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[Dynasty]

I reccomend you rewrite the hand in a more readable form and put it in the Small Stakes forum.

[Bozeman]

It was already cross-posted in the PL NL forum. Anyone else in favor of having the moderator reject all raw hand history postings?

Craig

[Hotchile]

Lol, when I posted the hand I was looking for a critique on the play, not the post itself. I apologize for the way it was posted. Here is the situation:

I am in the Big Blind with AKo. It is 1-2 potlimit. LAP in position 5 raises to $7 and get called by 3 players. 2 are loose calling stations and one is a solid player.

I have only $50 in chips at that point. The raiser has over $300 I think. I can't recall what the callers had without referring back to the history. I don't think it played a role in my decision anyway.

At any rate, I decided to muck my AK.

I had no idea where I was in the hand with the players involved. I wasn't sure if I was even drawing alive. I figured that I would need to make a potsize raise to try to narrow the field but was not convinced that it would work.
I also figured that the raiser would call for sure. The raise would cost me $40 leaving me only 9 more to protect the hand even if I hit it.

Is my thought process reasonable in this situation or should I have potted it?

Larry

[Bozeman]

Since the raiser is LAP, I think there is a very large chance you have the best hand. If you raise, you should go all-in. Given the extra money put in the pot by probably weak hands, I think that you get +EV on the all-in raise.

Take this with whatever grains of salt you want,
Craig